TABLE TALK.

Auckland Star, Volume XLI, Issue 48, 25 February 1910, Page 1

TABLE TALK.

Pukekohe Show. ...!...■>:• '■■' iWaiwera Show ito-nrorrow. ;.. Waiwera Show postponed till March 12th.■■-.--■-■■••■ - ' ■•- Two shops "at Kaiapoi were destroyed by fire last- night. h '.. - ; ■> ■■• Chinese pursued the Dalai lama right to the Indian border. — ~ • '..-■■ >—»•-' ■ Brutal assault on a young girl reported from Warkworth. \ ." CEhe ' Geneva, observatory ; lias located a, new comet quite near Ualley'e. ■ ' • Swimming ! carnival concludes toe night at the Albert-street baths. ' Annual meeting of the Auckland Chamber of i Commerce this afternoon. " 5 [Mr. .Aecruifch. says tha.-1 Hie lhas no intention of introducing Home, Bute (this session. '■' ;""■-'. ■ •_' .- •' ' ''' .;" iWianganta won ■ the, Interstate Fours at?iEDo4iart • yesterday,. JJlenheira ibeing second.' •'-,.'."*■ * ' ■'-. ' ""') '"*. • It is stated that Sir E&BaTd Grey 13 preparing a; scheme- for Elective second cihaaujber.' ..; ■- v i ——*~t' ■■-*" '*■■ --■ large number of visiting -athletes- in Auckland for the- championship meet* ing to-morrow,' " ~ tf The ~Kflj-a.TTipa takes for of the most valuable cargoes-dispatched .from I Auckland. i '' ■ ; .Ilwelve ; have, been Jailed-; end a- 'thousand > injured during the Philadelphia strike riots. .' Business., is paraiJEed. ,, "J The .;' British Laibour exchanges ' have made a promising start and already filled some thousands-of-TposiSona. 1 • The J\ren<ii-iJiiriii6ter-fOT Einanee is imposing a ten percent -tax ba-admissioiia to the : ' racecourses, .producing' ' ,£30,000 a year."' ' "•' ' '.. '"'.*' '.;'."■ ;'7;""?• The Philadelphia; stnkeHff attributed to political coinrpfcion. I3ie city is a 'byword for its dishonesty, partienlaily-in connection with ifae tramways. ■ ■■«=i • His Excellency Lord Plunkef;'■•-> will make Auckland his port of departure for Australia, after laying down hie !-: vice-regal . duties , in . New Zealand. (is-; ••' ■ ■■' It is stated in Vienna ithafc the exSultan. Abdul Hamid is in: good heaKih, and that his daugitters- 'have- returned to Constantinople in order to 'be Quarried. ■ > A number of ship's. lifebelts, evidently having been in the water a considerable time, were picked up -on the New: ■Brighton Beach yesterday afternoon. Mr. HcKenna admits that the Invincible has not fired her guns for a year, ' but says that four of "them could have 5 been fired effectively, and the-others at a lower rate. -.. ■'. ".'.,-i?' : -" v" The Old Girls of the Grammar School •will hand over the S colours presented to the cadet Tjattaliori of the school 'to the y care .of the -headmaster ■;to-night in ithe school hall. .;■._. ■ ~! . At a meeting of Seventh Contingent men in; Wellington last - night, it' '■was • decided to form an «.ssoclatioh on the lines ;of that of the First Contingent, 7 ■ - with Colonel Porter as first president. ""■' 'Iγ.'"'' Colonel Gadke says that Germany -ia?'}" really building 58, not 38, battleships, , since ; -the cruisers originally intended as .:-! ''■ -powerful • scouts ; are now being built V; - .' •with 'battleships': armament and armour. r .:-. The German Minister for the Interior says that, now \Britairi -is on -the- verge''■ I" of -protection, ;: Germany must examine ■•' whether ; tHe:: weapons -wiicih the. tarifl -*-/;;•■■ ■ ■ gives: her are properly. -wielded-"and suffi-■■-■-•.•> ■ ■ cient. • . , , -:■ i■'•■"'■- ' The' report that the dreaded Isle- of ■' ■'■ Wight ■ disease ; had broken out among ■■•■ ' bees in the-Hutt Valley has been found " = after investigation by an official of the Agriculture ; Department ;, to. -"be unfounded; J , - ;;■"' ■ —| •- The "Hon. -noddy's" nugget came up" this morning by the ißarawa. The ; nug- - get weighs,99oz,joul.-is valued at £400. "■ ■5t is. the,property-.of the Westport : Hos- ' pital, and has come-up for exhibition purposes.. .i.. . ",■-.!;...'■.':;.;. ..,''■ /--i-ij"; : ": Solemn■'. and impressive r ceremony in • connection , with the. obsequies tof Bishop Lenihan. Evidences everywhere of : -the' deep esteem he had won from- the - ' people of Auckland—Protestant and Roman Catholic alike. • '*-"—:-„ '~,-•; ■ The City Council do .not favour the suggested adoption of Lord, Auckland's cpat-of-arms for. the city, but - have ; instructed the Town Clerk, and. City-En- ' ! gineer to report upon an independent design, in accordance t with the proper rules of heraldry.;' ,_t;; ... ..- : ■-,],-. X i A considerable amtrant. of interest has • been roused in Masterton over the die- ; covery of a bed of clay at Mauriceyille out of which the material for 'roofing ' •houses with tiles can be made, as well as other articles, such as pipes, chimney : •".'■"'.•■ ■ tops, gully traps, "open drain bottoms, ,;' and even jam and pickle jars. Sv ;' .., ' ■